The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the

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's existence in the

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. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the

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; however, due to the

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, all homestand events were cancelled.

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team. Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach. The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November. On November 8, Seoul signed former

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head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach.

Roster changes

The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.

Acquisitions

The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS

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from the

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. A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports. On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former

support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae.

Departures

The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the

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. On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the

. On November 27, veteran support player

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was signed to the

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, and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.

Homestand events

In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the

. Due to the

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, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later.

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

Roster changes

Acquisitions

Departures

Homestand events

Roster

Standings

Game log

Regular season

Midseason tournaments

Postseason

References